Mandevilla plant named ‘Lanvermont’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Lanvermont’, characterized by its broadly upright to outwardly spreading plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; glossy dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and flowers with deep red-colored petals with darker red-colored throats.

Botanical designation: Mandevilla sanderi.

Cultivar denomination: ‘LANVERMONT’.

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY THE INVENTOR/APPLICANT & ASSIGNEE

An European Community Plant Breeder's Rights application for the instant plant was filed by the D.H.M. Innovations S.A.S. of Malause, France on Nov. 30, 2020, application number 2020/3076. Foreign priority is not claimed to this application.

The Inventor/Applicant and Assignee assert that no publications nor advertisements relating to sales, offers for sale or public distribution occurred more than one year prior to the effective filing date of this application. Any information about the claimed plant would have been obtained from a direct or indirect disclosure from the Inventor/Applicant and/or the Assignee. Inventor/Applicant and Assignee claim a prior art exception under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) for disclosure and/or sales prior to the filing date but less than one year prior to the effective filing date.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant, botanically known as Mandevilla sanderi and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Lanvermont’.

The new Mandevilla plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Malause, France. The objective of the breeding program is to create new freely branching Mandevilla plants with numerous unique and attractive flowers.

The new Mandevilla plant originated from a cross-pollination conducted by the Inventor in Malause, France in July, 2016 of a proprietary selection of Mandevilla sanderi identified as code number si 10-0662-009, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection of Mandevilla sanderi identified as code number si 10-0265-096, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Mandevilla plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in Malause, France in June, 2017.

Asexual reproduction of the new Mandevilla plant by stein cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Malause, France since August, 2019 has shown that the unique features of this new Mandevilla plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Mandevilla have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Lanvermont’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Lanvermont’ as a new and distinct Mandevilla plant:

-   -   1. Broadly upright to outwardly spreading plant habit.     -   2. Moderately vigorous growth habit.     -   3. Freely branching habit.     -   4. Glossy dark green-colored leaves.     -   5. Early and freely flowering habit.     -   6. Flowers with deep red-colored petals with darker red-colored         throats.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the female parent selection. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants of the female parent selection in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Leaves of plants of the new Mandevilla are darker green than         leaves of plants of the female parent selection.     -   2. Flower petals of plants of the new Mandevilla are narrower         than and not as rounded as flower petals of plants of the female         parent selection.     -   3. Plants of the new Mandevilla have more intense red-colored         petals than plants of the female parent selection.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the male parent selection. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants of the male parent selection in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Leaves of plants of the new Mandevilla are larger than leaves         of plants of the male parent selection.     -   2. Plants of the new Mandevilla have deep red-colored petals         whereas plants of the male parent selection have pale         purple-colored petals.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can also be compared to plants of Mandevilla hybrida ‘Sunparasure’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 24,908. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants ‘Sunparasure’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Leaves of plants of the new Mandevilla are more oblong than         and not as oval as leaves of plants of ‘Sunparasure’.     -   2. Plants of the new Mandevilla have flowers with deep         red-colored petals whereas plants of ‘Sunparasure’ have flowers         with brighter red-colored petals.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Mandevilla plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the actual colors of the new Mandevilla plant.

The photograph on the first sheet (FIG. 1) comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Lanvermont’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet (FIG. 2) is a close-up view of a typical flower of ‘Lanvermont’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations, measurements and values describe plants grown during the autumn in 11-cm containers in a polyethylene-covered greenhouse in Malause, France and under cultural practices typical of commercial Mandevilla production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 18° C. to 30° C. and night temperatures ranged from 15° C. to 18° C. Plants were ten months old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Mandevilla sanderi ‘Lanvermont’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary selection of Mandevilla             sanderi identified as code number si 10-0662-009, not             patented.         -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Proprietary selection of Mandevilla             sanderi identified as code number si 10-0265-096, not             patented. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—By vegetative stein cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About two weeks at             temperatures about 23° C. to 30° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About three weeks at             temperatures about 18° C. to 21° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About five to             six weeks at temperatures about 23° C. to 30° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About six to             eight weeks at temperatures about 18° C. to 21° C.         -   Root description.—Fine, fibrous; typically light yellowish             white in color, actual color of the roots is dependent on             substrate composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate             temperature and physiological age of roots.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching; medium density. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Broadly upright to outwardly             spreading plant habit; overall plant shape, broadly obovate             to globular; moderately vigorous growth habit and moderate             growth rate.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plane.—About 22.6             cm.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of floral plane.—About 12.3             cm.         -   Plant diameter (spread).—About 34.8 cm.         -   Lateral branch description.—Branching habit: Freely             branching habit with typically five primary lateral branches             each with about two secondary lateral branches developing             per plant. Length: About 16.2 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.             Internode length: About 3.5 cm. Aspect: Primary lateral             branches, mostly erect; secondary lateral branches, about             20° to 40° from primary branch axis. Strength: Strong.             Texture and luster: Densely pubescent; slightly glossy;             becoming woody with development. Color, developing: Close to             152B. Color, developed: Close to 146B to 146C; when woody,             close to 199B. -   Leaf description:     -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite, simple.         -   Length.—About 7.9 cm.         -   Width.—About 2.5 cm.         -   Shape.—Broadly oblong to narrowly obovate.         -   Apex.—Short apiculate to apiculate.         -   Base.—Rounded.         -   Margin.—Entire; slightly undulate.         -   Texture and luster, upper surface.—Smooth, glabrous;             moderately coriaceous; moderately glossy to glossy.         -   Texture and luster, lower surface.—Densely pubescent;             moderately coriaceous; slightly glossy.         -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate.         -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to between             137A and 141A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to             146A. Full expanded leaves, upper surface: Slightly darker             than between NN137A and 139A; venation, close to 143A. Fully             expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to between 138B and             147B; venation, close to 144B.         -   Petioles.—Length: About 1.3 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm by             1.75 mm. Strength: Moderately strong. Texture and luster,             upper and lower surfaces: Mostly glabrous with margins,             moderately pubescent; slightly glossy. Color, upper and             lower surfaces: Close to 144A. -   Flower description:     -   -   Flower type and flowering habit.—Single salverform flowers             arranged singly or in terminal or axillary cymes; flowers             star-shaped and face mostly outwardly to slightly upright;             freely flowering habit with about 18 flower buds and flowers             developing per plant.         -   Natural flowering season.—Plants flower continuously from             spring into the autumn in France; early flowering habit,             plants in full flower about six to seven months after             planting.         -   Flower longevity on the plant.—About ten days; flowers not             persistent.         -   Fragrance.—None detected.         -   Inflorescence height.—About 9.2 cm.         -   Inflorescence diameter.—About 10.4 cm.         -   Flower buds.—Length: About 6.1 cm. Diameter: About 1 cm.             Shape: Narrowly oblanceolate. Texture and luster: Smooth,             glabrous; slightly glossy. Color: Close to 54A; towards the             apex, close to 60A to 60B; towards the base, close to 145C;             tube, close to 145A to 145B.         -   Flowers.—Appearance: Flared trumpet, corolla fused and             five-parted. Diameter: About 7 cm. Depth (length): About             5.9 cm. Throat diameter: About 1.2 cm. Tube length: About             4.2 cm. Tube diameter: Distally, about 1.3 cm; proximally,             about 3 mm.         -   Petals.—Quantity and arrangement: Five petals arranged in a             single whorl; lower 57% portion of the petals are fused into             a funnelform tube. Petal length: About 7.5 cm. Petal width:             About 2.6 cm. Petal shape: Unequal spatulate. Petal apex:             Apiculate. Petal margin: Entire; moderately undulate. Petal             texture and luster, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; not             rugose; velvety; matte. Petal texture and luster, lower             surface: Smooth, glabrous; not rugose; slightly velvety;             slightly glossy. Throat texture: Smooth, glabrous; velvety.             Tube texture: Smooth, glabrous; slightly velvety. Color:             Petal, when opening, upper surface: Close to 53A. Petal,             when opening, lower surface: Close to 46A. Petal, fully             opened, upper surface: Slightly more intense than 53A;             towards the throat, darker than between 53A and 185A;             venation, similar to lamina; color does not change with             subsequent development. Petal, fully opened, lower surface:             Close to 46A; venation, similar to lamina color; color does             not change with subsequent development. Throat: Distally,             close to between 53A and 187B and proximally, close to 50A             and at the base, close to 146D; venation, similar to lamina             colors. Tube: Distally, close to 53A and proximally, close             to 150D; towards the base, close to 146D; venation, similar             to lamina colors.         -   Sepals.—Quantity and arrangement: Five sepals arranged in a             single whorl. Calyx length: About 1.1 cm. Calyx diameter:             About 5 mm. Sepal length: About 1.1 cm. Sepal width: About             2 mm. Sepal shape: Lanceolate. Sepal apex: Narrowly             acuminate. Sepal base: Broadly cuneate and fused at the             base. Sepal margin: Entire. Sepal texture and luster, upper             and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; slightly glossy. Sepal             color: When opening, upper surface: Close to 144C; at the             apex, close to 180A. When opening, lower surface: Close to             144B; at the apex, close to 180A. Fully opened, upper             surface: Close to 144C to 144D; at the apex, close to 180A.             Fully opened, lower surface: Close to 144B to 144C; at the             apex, close to 180A.         -   Peduncles.—Length: About 5.4 cm. Diameter: About 1.5 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 30° from lateral branch             axis. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; slightly to             moderately glossy. Color: Close to 143A to 143B.         -   Pedicels.—Length: About 1.9 cm. Diameter: About 1.75 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 30° from peduncle axis.             Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; moderately glossy.             Color: Close to 143A to 143B.         -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity and arrangement:             Typically five; basifixed; anthers connivent. Filament             length: About 2 mm. Filament color: Close to 150D. Anther             size: About 1.25 mm by 8 mm. Anther shape: Narrowly oblong.             Anther color: Close to 162C to 162D. Pollen amount: None             observed. Pistils: Quantity: Typically one. Pistil length:             About 2 cm. Style length: About 1.7 cm. Style color: Close             to 150C to 150D. Stigma diameter: About 2 mm. Stigma shape:             Club-shaped, pointed. Stigma color: Close to 144B. Ovary             color: Close to 143B.         -   Seeds and fruits.—To date, seed and fruit production have             not been observed on plants of the new Mandevilla. -   Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Mandevilla     have not been noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to     Mandevilla plants. -   Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Mandevilla have been     observed to tolerate temperatures of about 5° C. to 40° C. and to be     suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 9 through 13. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Mandevilla plant named ‘Lanvermont’ as illustrated and described. 